Page 10, Portland Observer, February 26, 1986
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Nabisco Brands’ Posters Applaud Black Entertainers
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OLYMPIAN FITNESS CENTER
I he votes are in And black America's biggest stars came out on top
We've seen their names in lights Now we can sec their faces on Nabisco
Brands Jam ous Black American Entertainers” posters From Blind Tom
Bethune to B B King, the poster* spotlight 119 o f America'» best loved black
actors, dancers, musicians and singers
I he two (Misters, scheduled for release during Black History Month, are accom
panied by biographical study guides
Ihe entertainers posters were a big production," lerrance Burke, senior
diretor o f corporate personnel at Nabisco, explained
More than
ballots were sent to entertainers and entertainment critics Their
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Cf)e £I.D.;ë>. pijocnix (Club
The Nabisco Brands "Famous Black American Entertainer*" posters
applaud blacks' contributions to the performing arts. I he two posters, which
spotlight 119 actors, dancers, musicians and singers, are distributed free of
charge. Io order, contact: the Portland ( ibserser newspaper. 2XX-(M).1.1, 146.1
N.F.. killingsworth. Posters ran be picked up at Ihe Portland Observer after
March 15th, I9H6.
nominations were validated by a five-member selection committee chaired by
I loyd Richard, dean o f the Yale School o f Drama
Nabisco Biands commissioned Winston Salem. N C . artist James H uff Io
create two murals, reflecting the committee's final selections The murals, from
which the posters were reproduced, w ill he donated to the Los Angeles County
High School tor the Arts
Entertainers are the latest addition to Nabisco Brands' "Famous Black Amen
cans" poster senes The senes began in 197N with educators Subsequent editions
recognized writers, scientists and generals and admirals The educational posters
arc distributed free o f charge
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'We have an agenda that we
must fo llo w .. .economic
withdrawal from the oppressor."
FredMeySL
Portland, Oregon, a a unique slice o f America for Blacks, w ho
are able to p ro d u ce and p e rfo rm m e a n in g fu l services. N o
where in the w o rld w ill you find a place that has the kind of
background and history o f racial prejudice tow ard Blacks, and
yet has so m any very successful Black professionals in bust
neas, as well as Blacks m key prestigeous jobs. To name a few
w h o readily com e to m ind are: Bill H illiard, Editor, The Ore-
gonian; Jam es DePriest, Director, Portland Sym phony; M at
thew Prophet. Superintendent. Portland Pubic Schools; Mer
cedes Deiz, Judge, M u ltn o m a h C ounty; Aaron B row n J r.,
Judge, M ultnom ah C ounty; Hazal Hayes, Oregon State Pa
role Board; Bill M cC oy, Senator, State o f Oregon; M argaret
Carter, Representative, State o f Oregon, M ultnom ah County;
Jim Hill, Representative, S tate o f O regon, M arion C ounty;
Dick Bogle, City Council, Portland; Venerable Booker, Presi
dent, Am erican State Bank, Portland, David Nero, Founder
and Chairman of Nero and Associates, also o f Nero Industries,
Inc.; W alter Reynolds. M D , Founder of Phil Reynolds Medi
cal Center; Henry Scott. Founder and President o f Coast Jam
tonal Services (Coast Janitorial is the second largest janitorial
service in Oregon); Marion Blackburn, Founder and Owner of
Rale.gh Hills Racquet Club; Richard W a sh in g to n , O regon's
first Black com m ercial artist, 46 years in business; Dr. E. C.
O q b u o b iri, e le ctrica l engine er and fo u n d e r o f EZAK; Paul
Knauls, very well know n businessman o f Portland; Alfred Lee
Henderson, Founder, P o rtla n d Observer, Gary A n n Garnett,
Editor Manager, P ortland Observer, Al Williams, General Man
ager, P o rtla n d Observer; Bernice Foster, Founder, Editor and :
Publisher, The Skanner; Don Vann, Founder, Vann and Vann
Funeral Directors, A rth u r Cox, Founder, Cox Funeral Home;
Thom as B o othe, Founder, A d d ic tio n D iagnostic Services;
R D. Sevier, Founder, Sevier Sanitation Services.
Rcvscre/f Robinson, Asst District Attorney; George Rankins, Portland-
Urban League; Charmers ¡ones; Beniamin Talley; Dr. ¡ohn Marshall G.P.;
Dr Booker T Lewis, dentist; Jonas Southwall; plus Herb Cawthome,
Multi-talented community leader
W e can all rem em ber those w h o are no longer w ith us, some
w h o are deceased and som e w h o have m oved on such as
Charles Jordan, Gladys M cCoy, several TV news anchor per
sons; deceased Richard M u ffe t, Sherm an Thom as, George
Baldwin, Rosalie Boothe, Ira M um ford, Sidney Porter, T hom
as Johnson, and m any others
I know that I have not nam ed m any persons w h o m ay be
just as successful, if not m or j so, than some I have named; to
those I apologize. H ow ever, m y in te n t here is to sh o w and
docum ent that o u t o f a popula tion of a p p roxim ate ly 30,000
Blacks, success is not denied those w ho can perform and pro
duce quality services The above-m entioned Blacks excelled
out o f a popula tion o f approxim ately 700,000 peoplu living in
and around the Portland M etro area
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